He lost his crown but is now being credited with Leicester City winning theirs - Richard III, King of England and unlikely football icon
His famous statute in Leicester has worn the team's scarf and there is even a placard reading 'A title, a title, my Kingdom for a title'. It didn't come to that as Leicester City won the Premiership with two games to go and sent just about every football fan in the world into dream land. Richard III lost his crown but he is being credited with helping a team everyone had written off win theirs in the most romantic story football has known.